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The Motley Fool October 11, 2004 Chris Mallon	The Perils of Pensions Once a no-lose situation for both management and employees, defined-benefit pension plans are now threatening to cripple some U.S. corporations. But the piper must be paid, and it's investors who will ultimately suffer.
CFO February 22, 2005 David M. Katz	The Domino Effect Ailing pension plans could overburden the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp and send premiums soaring.
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Nanette Byrnes	The Benefits Trap Old-line companies have pledged a trillion dollars to retirees. Now they're struggling to compete with new rivals, and many can't pay the bill. Some are racing to cut or drop retiree medical benefits to give a quick boost to their bottom lines.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2004 Robert Brokamp	Can You Count on Your Pension? Pensions are still underfunded, and the federal agency that backs them isn't looking too good either.
Registered Rep. July 13, 2012 Mark Miller	Should Your Retiree Take the Lump Sum? Or Go with a "Pension Annuity?" Leon LaBrecque is one busy financial planner these days. He has been meeting with retirees from Ford Motor Co. and General Motors to help guide them through one of most important financial decisions of their lives: whether to accept a lump sum buyout of their pensions.
National Defense October 2012 Karen L. Manos	Contractors Charging the Federal Government For Pension Contributions Is Not Corporate Welfare In full election-year mode, news media have been awash in articles, blogs and reports urging Congress to stop the "corporate welfare" of reimbursing federal contractors' pension costs.
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004	Q&A with the PBGC's Bradley Belt The new executive director talks about the major reforms that need to be made to ensure the health of pension systems in the U.S.
Registered Rep. March 9, 2012 Mark Miller	Six Ways Pension Annuities Almost Always Beat a Lump Sum Even if a lump sum is a choice for your client, think twice before advising a client to take it.
Knowledge@Wharton February 12, 2003	A "Perfect Storm" of Circumstances Batters Corporate Pension Plans Questions raised about accounting for pension funds have prompted some Wharton faculty and other experts to ask if rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, as well as the Internal Revenue Code itself, may have played a significant part in the strife.
CFO November 1, 2007 Russ Banham	20/20 View on Managing Pension Liabilities: The Road Ahead Changes in accounting, law, and the lifespan of employees have companies considering outsourcing their defined benefit pension plans.
Job Journal August 3, 2003 Michael Kinsman	Is Your Pension in Peril? Company failures have created a reversal of fortune in pension funds.
Financial Advisor June 2006 Alan Lavine	Storm Clouds For Municipal Bonds Underfunded liabilities loom as a threat to governments' finances.
Investment Advisor September 2006	Pension Act Signed While pension experts say the recently passed Pension Protection Act of 2006 will indeed help remedy the funding problems that have plagued defined benefit pension plans, they doubt that it will resolve the insolvency woes of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2006 Bill Mann	The Problem With Your Pension Defined-benefit programs are disappearing. Some are insolvent. We have two simple words to put into your retirement vocabulary: index fund.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2004 Robert Brokamp	Retirement's Second Leg: Pensions How much retirement income can you expect from your company's pension plan?
CFO September 1, 2005 Russ Banham	Pension Upheaval Will proposed pension reforms actually save the system, or cause more of Corporate America to opt out?
The Motley Fool January 26, 2011 Selena Maranjian	Pension Perils Take a Turn for the Better Your company might not stiff your retirement after all.
HBS Working Knowledge February 17, 2014 Michael Blanding	Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions Although new defined benefit plans are rare, many firms must still fund commitments to retirees. Luis M. Viceira looks at the pension landscape and the recent emergence of insurance companies as potential saviors.
BusinessWeek May 16, 2005 Byrnes & Borrus	Rising Tensions Over Pensions A deep chasm has opened between the Bush Administration and Big Business over what to do about the sorry state of corporate pension plans.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Dan Caplinger	2009: End of the Road for Pensions? The final nail in the coffin for pensions may come from 2008's terrible stock market performance.
CFO January 1, 2003 Joseph McCafferty	Funding Fun House Critics say current accounting lets companies distort the picture they present of pension plan performance.
Registered Rep. January 23, 2015 Mark Miller	New Law Could Mean Benefit Cuts For Retirees If you have clients receiving a defined benefit pension - or who will in the future - here's what you should know about this legislation.
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Alex J. Pollock	Live Long, Work Long Working years have been shrinking, and retirement years expanding. How can we address the social, demographic, financial and political aspects of a growing percentage of the population that is living longer and expecting an income while no longer being productively employed?
CFO February 22, 2005 Alix Nyberg	Death to Smoothing A tough regulatory environment is another nail in the coffin for defined-benefit plans.
CFO February 1, 2009 Alix Stuart	Plenty of Pain, a Dash of Relief A new law lets pension plans smooth out assets over two years, easing the crash of 2008. But it's a pittance in the face of falling corporate bond rates.
CFO June 1, 2008 David M. Katz	Better Safe Than Underfunded Some pension sponsors are hitching their investments to actual pension liabilities using bonds rather than aiming for huge returns.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2006 Selena Maranjian	How to Take Your Pension If you've got a pension, you're in the minority of workers today. Here are some tailor-made tips for you.
BusinessWeek January 30, 2006 Nanette Byrnes	Retiree Accounting: More Than Meets The Eye Companies may soon be forced to put their unfunded pension and other retiree benefit promises on their balance sheets.
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn	Pension Tension Old-fashioned pensions might be disappearing, but they haven't vanished.
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Nanette Byrnes	Sink Hole! How public pension promises are draining state and city budgets.
BusinessWeek March 31, 2011 Roger Lowenstein	The Great American Ponzi Scheme Do we want public pensions? There are compelling reasons why we do.
CFO August 1, 2006 Russ Banham	Pension Dissension FASB is championing a two-phase project that would provide guidance for gauging annual pension expenses on the income statement and disclose plan assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and in footnotes. CFOs protest.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Tim Hanson	The 2016 Retirement Manual The decline of passive retirement planning is not so much a problem as an opportunity. When you're in charge of your own money, you pick where and how you want to invest.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2007 Tim Hanson	Why You'll Have a Worry-Free Retirement Our retirements are in our hands, and we need to make sound financial decisions from here on out to ensure that our retirements are secure.
CFO December 1, 2006 Ronald Fink	Promises, Promises New pension rules are supposed to secure employees' retirement. Employers may have other ideas.
CFO August 1, 2004 Alix Nyberg	Investment Insight Is Corporate America adequately managing employee pension funds?
The Motley Fool July 15, 2005 Rich Smith	Your Incredible Vanishing Pension If you're nearing retirement, or if you're already retired and depend on your former employer to continue paying your benefits, it's only prudent to ask yourself how much faith you have in your employer to honor its pension promises.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2004 Robert Brokamp	The Power of Pensions A guaranteed check for life is a beautiful thing. Unfortunately, that beauty is fading.
BusinessWeek September 23, 2010 Levitt & Turner	How to Clean Up the Muni Bond Market Solutions to defaulting bonds, unfunded liabilities, and fraudulent investment information.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Big Investors Are Fleeing Stocks. Should You? Pension funds are moving to bonds.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Pension Reform and You A new law will change the way you save for retirement. Assuming that the act is signed into law, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 will provide savers with more options and greater assurance than the current set of incentives.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2010 Dan Caplinger	This Will Cause the Next Financial Crisis Pension funds are getting desperate, turning to risky strategies to make minimal cash.
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006	A New Abacus For Pensions The Financial Accounting Standards Board rules on post-retirement accounting are changing. Benefits could suffer.
Inc. May 2006 Amy Feldman	A Bigger Parachute Eager to boost your retirement fund? Believe it or not, a pension might be the answer.
Investment Advisor May 2009 Melanie Waddell	New IRS DB Funding Rules The Internal Revenue Service recently issued regulatory guidance on defined benefit pension plans that provides some needed relief for DB plan sponsors.
Financial Planning January 1, 2010 Israelsen & Ferri	Is a Pension a Bond? Unsure how to value a client's pension or social security? Use the liability reduction model.
BusinessWeek May 29, 2006 David Henry	Shortfall At Exxon Arguably the mightiest U.S. corporation of them all, Exxon Mobil, has left its employee pension plans with the biggest funding deficit.
Investment Advisor March 2010 Melanie Waddell	The Problems With Pensions Members of Congress and retirement experts are working feverishly to ensure that pension plan funding relief is enacted soon.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Prepare for the Looming Pension Crisis Underfunded pensions could well be the last straw that moves the U.S. into a brand-new financial crisis light-years beyond what we've seen so far.
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 De Ferranti et al.	The Future of Pension Reform in Latin America The Latin American countries are at the vanguard of global pension reform. Eight have reformed their pension systems in the past 20 years, and additional reforms are now being considered throughout the region. Did the earlier reforms work? What should new reforms aim for? And are the ideas driving the reforms sound?